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metaleg

metaleg noun: either of the two hind legs on an insect.

Noun

metaleg (plural metalegs)

  1. Either of the two hind legs on an insect.
    • Likewise, in those insects where the metalegs are fitted for jumping, the prolegs and mesolegs are coordinated with the metalegs and fitted for walking1923, Alexander Dyer MacGillivray, External Insect Anatomy
    • The parts make up different but constant proportions of the entire leg for the pro- and mesolegs, but in the metaleg, the femur becomes relatively shorter and the tibia longer as size increases.2013, Walter R. Tschinkel, The Fire Ants

Forms of metaleg

pluralmetalegs

Origin of metaleg

From meta- + leg.

Questions about metaleg

What does metaleg mean?
Metaleg means either of the two hind legs on an insect.
What part of speech is metaleg?
Metaleg is a noun.
What is the plural of metaleg?
The plural of metaleg is metalegs.

Words near metaleg in the dictionary

  1. metaldehyde
  2. metalearner
  3. metalearners
  4. metalearning
  5. metaled
  6. metaleg
  7. metalegal
  8. metalegs
  9. metalens
  10. metalenses
  11. metalepses

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